USE OF INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES BY THE FARMERS OF BRAHMANBARIA DISTRICT

Abstract

the study was to ascertain the adoption and extent of use of 1PM practices by the farmers of Kuti union in Brahmanbaria district. Attempts were also made to describe some of the selected characteristics of the respondents and to explore the relationships between selected characteristics of the respondents and their extent of use 1PM practices. The study was conducted in two villages namely Kuti and Lashiara at Kuti union of Kasba upazila under Brahmanbaria district. Out of 500 farmers. 100 respondents were selected randomly and proportionately at the rate of 20 percent. Data were collected by using irnerview schedule during the period from 1st December, 2008 to 30th December, 2008. Extent of use of 1PM practices by the respondents was ascertained through a four point rating scale. Coefficient of correlation (r) was computed in order to explore the relationships between selected characteristics of the respondents and their extent of use of 1PM practices. Adoption quotient was computed and it was determined as 78.45. An 1PM Practice Use Index (IPUI) was computed which ranged from 0 to 300. Among the 12 selected practices. "water management" ranked first having IPUI is 286 and "use of light trap for insect control" ranked last having IPUI is 12. The possible extent of use of 1PM practices score of a respondent ranged from 0 to 36, where the observed score was found 14-26 with an average 19.38 and standard deviation 2.34. It was observed that majority of the respondents (53 percent) had medium use, 22 percent had low use and 21 percent of them had high use of 1PM practices. The findings revealed that age, level of education, farm size, organizational participation, cosmopoliteness and knowledge on 1PM practices of the respondents had positively significant relationships with their extent of use of 1PM practices. Family size, annual family income, extension media contact and innovativeness of the respondents had statistically non-siguificant relationships with their extent of use of 1PM practices.